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THBE. L. Tarbox (1830-1904) American, Framed New York Stencil Works Brass Stencil Wheel
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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About Auction
LiveJan 19, 2025
Over 800 lots will be offered in day 2 of our 2 day weekend. There are multiple lots of important fine art from landscapes and etchings to old masters and portraits. We have a collection of sterling silver, African artifacts, oriental rugs, Asian antiquities, a collection from the Ex Managing Director of the NYC Waldorf Astoria, and more! Sarasota Estate Auction sarasotaestateauction@gmail.com
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- Lot Description
E. L. Tarbox (1830-1904) American, Framed New York Stencil Works Brass Stencil Wheel. The stencil wheel is made of thin pressed brass with a center knob which controls the slider; the slider is made of a slightly thicker brass. This slider’s outside edge, which protrudes about an inch, circles the wheel in order to “land on” the proper stencil. The wheel has all letters from A-Z and numbers 0-9, along with these symbols: $, c, ’, 1/4, 1/2, No, lbs, Yds, ., and &. Inscribed patent information and lettering on both the slider and wheel. Original framing label on back.
Overall Size: 19 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.
Sight Size: 12 x 13 in.
#4468 .
In 1830 Eugene LaBaum Tarbox was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He moved to Brooklyn, New York in his early twenties and obtained a degree from King’s College in stencil cutting and alphabet lettering in 1856. He worked for several companies over the next decade, trying to find ways to expedite the laborious process. Eventually, Tarbox convinced his brothers Jerome and Henry to invest in his work, and they opened their own establishment in 1868 on Nassau Street called New York Stencil Works. He invented a revolving stencil plate, usually made of brass or tin but occasionally more precious minerals, which became the template for most of the other letterers in the city over the next quarter-century. Stencil plates had already become popular for their versatility and ease-of-use, hence Talbox’s ability to focus so specifically on the craft in college, but the “stencil wheel” took the process one step further and allowed for significantly more usage from a single stencil piece. Their patent was reissued in 1871, and by the time they incorporated in 1882 they were one of the primary manufacturers of and dealers in the industry of printing supplies in New England, although their plate had by then been copied and refined numerous times by other companies. Eugene died in 1904, and his widow Julia continued to steer the company along with her nephew Henry Tarbox II. World War I led to significant advancements in many fields, including stenciling, and the company attempted to diversify by acquiring their own mill and control of the materials to make the stencils. Julia passed in 1920, and Henry II absorbed the Newell Snow Mill on the Green River in Massachusetts in 1922, where he began making hand cut steel stamps. After the Great Depression decimated their fortunes, Henry II sold the company in its entirety, and it became the Greenfield Steel Stamp Company, which still operates today as Valley Steel Stamp.
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19 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.
